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[Agora Deposit] J 2:9: Pyre

Excavation of this pit began in 1995, tentatively identified as a pyre. This proved to be so with continued excavation in 1996. The deposits J 2:8 and J 2:9 were combined to become J 2:9. Miniature vessels ... Ca. 300 B.C.

[Agora Publication] Industrial Religion: The Saucer Pyres of the Athenian Agora

Rotroff, S. I ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia Supplement 47 978-0-87661-547-8 ... 2013

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[Agora Object] L 5996: Lamp

Intact except for chips on foot and rim. Globular body. Thick bottom on low disk foot with central disk on underside. Pierced lug handle. Moulded ring around filling hole. Glazed black only inside with ... 3 July 1996

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[Agora Object] MC 1725: Clay Ball

Intact. Almost perfectly spherical ball. Pale yellow clay. Inventoried 30 July 2002. Finished Pyre. Lot 2042bis. 6099 ... 15 June 1995